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Former UN Prosecutor Del Ponte gets peace award

Face of Carla Del Ponte, 71, with short blonde hair and glasses, smiling

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss former prosecutor of the UN tribunals for Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia, has been awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.

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Why there are so few women in Swiss local politics

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 Getting Swiss women to take part in town hall meetings is a challenge, even in a place where the majority of the local government is female. Why?

Barbara Hofstetter, mayor of Steinhausen, in her office

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The mayor is a role model

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 Barbara Hofstetter, mayor of Steinhausen

Swiss and South Korean defence ministers hold talks on cooperation

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 Swiss Defence Minister Guy Parmelin held cooperation talks on Friday in Seoul with his South Korean counterpart Song Young-moo

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Swiss students, politicians work towards university access for refugees

This content was published on Feb 22, 2018 Lack of information and money are keeping qualified refugees in Switzerland from studying and launching careers. Students want to change that.

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Swiss freeze assets in new DRC sanctions

This content was published on Feb 22, 2018 Following the lead of the European Union, Switzerland has extended its sanctions against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Switzerland called on to improve treatment of asylum seekers

This content was published on Feb 22, 2018 The forced separation of asylum-seeker families in Switzerland came under scrutiny in Amnesty International’s annual report, released on Thursday.

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Legal complaint against PostBus will not be pursued

This content was published on Feb 21, 2018 The Attorney General and public prosecutor of Bern have declared that they do not have the competence to investigate in the PostBus subsidies scandal.

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Emissions abroad account for two-thirds of Swiss carbon footprint

This content was published on Feb 20, 2018 A pilot study by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) published on Tuesday found that the greenhouse gases behind the country’s economy were largely emitted abroad.

Syrian refugees gather at Azraq refugees camp in Azraq, Jordan, 29 January 2018.

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Charities and NGOs trial new technology to enhance performance

This content was published on Feb 20, 2018 Actors in the business and finance sectors aren't the only ones trying to find new applications for blockchain, the 'second-generation internet'.

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